The Best of the Blues collects twenty-one of the finest songs from the PBS series, Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues . A seven-part series of feature length films by some of the world's most respected directors, The Blues follows the music from its origins in the Mississippi Delta to today's…

BYE BYE SONNY collects the final live and studio recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson, the blues's ultimate harmonica hero, and stands as one of the crowning achievements in a career that saw him stick around long enough to figure prominently in the genre's 1960s revival. Disc One finds him cranking…

While "revival" may be a bit of a misnomer when applied to a style that never went away, THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BLUES REVIVAL nevertheless assembles a pretty accurate sonic snapshot of the contemporary blues scene. You get everything from guitar heroes like Robben Ford to soulful belters like Shemekia…

Dubbed the patriarch of the Chicago Blues, Muddy Waters was a formidable force in the movement of this particular musical history. Fusing the old-time styles of Delta blues with the electric force of urban styling, Waters was a skilled performer, songwriter and all-around interpreter of the…

The Fat Possum Records crew boasts a lot of great talent on the down-and-dirty side of contemporary blues. R.L. Burnside stands as one of the leading lights on the label. His latest album, Come on In , makes sure he stays way out in front of the pack. The opening track, "Been Mistreated," lays the…